Reading List

Author Study Sites

ClickInks.com - Author Study Resources
Children's Literature and Web Guide - Author Study

Websites:

Newbery Award Winners ALA - Newbery List
Coretta Scott King Award Winners ALA - Coretta Scott King
James Patterson's site www.readkiddoread.com
Scholastic www.scholastic.com
Bookworm Cafe http://rouse-bookworm.blogspot.com/
International Reading Association http://www.reading.org/resources/booklists.aspx
YALSA http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/booklistsbook.cfm
ALSC http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/notalists/index.cfm
Book Country http://www.bookcountry.com/books/Map/Default.aspx

Suggested Titles:

Science Fiction
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (http://www.suzannecollinsbooks.com/index.htm)
Unwind by Neal Shusterman (http://www.storyman.com/books/index.html)
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld (http://scottwesterfeld.com/blog/)
The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson (http://www.marypearson.com/)

Fantasy
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (http://www.rickriordan.com/home.aspx)
Watersmeet by Ellen Jensen Abbott (http://ellenjensenabbott.wordpress.com/)
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater (http://www.maggiestiefvater.com/)
Trickster's Choice by Tamora Pierce (http://www.tamora-pierce.com/books.html)
Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Magyk by Angie Sage (http://angiesage.com/ or http://www.septimusheap.com/)
The Ranger's Apprentice: The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan (http://www.rangersapprentice.com/)
Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr (http://www.melissa-marr.com/)
Airborn by Kenneth Oppel (http://www.kennethoppel.ca/)
Sabriel by Garth Nix (http://www.garthnix.com/)
Lament by Maggie Stiefvater (http://www.maggiestiefvater.com/)

Contemporary/Realistic Fiction
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares (http://annbrashares.com/)
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson (http://madwomanintheforest.com/)
Hate List: A Novel by Jennifer Brown (http://www.jenniferbrownya.com/)
If I Stay by Gayle Forman (http://www.ifistay.com/index.php)
I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President by Josh Lieb
ttyl by Lauren Myracle (http://www.laurenmyracle.com/)
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (http://madwomanintheforest.com/)
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (http://www.thirteenreasonswhy.com/)
Dear Julia by Amy Bronwen Zemser